Immigration reform returns to Congress

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Senator talks confirmed in both houses of the legislature

WASHINGTON - At a time that drench the "silent raids" carried out by a special unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a Democratic senator to Noticiero Univision confirmed it had resumed talks with Republican lawmakers to revive a project canceled last year for lack of support bipartisan.

"Senator (Lindsey) Graham (R-South Carolina) and I are in discussions on the proposal made last year," said Democrat Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) on Univision. (Also) "I met with Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and I'm meeting with everyone I can and I do not give up. We have to have a real comprehensive immigration reform," he added.

Schumer and Graham integrated between June 2009 and March 2010 a commission that drafted a draft comprehensive immigration reform that, among its recommendations, including a regulated pathway to legalization for millions of undocumented immigrants without criminal records. But the plan failed due to the abandonment of Graham.

Safety First

The new effort to revive the project includes the review, budget reallocations and cuts to national security in order to secure the borders and ensure the brakes on illegal immigration, two of the main requirements imposed by the Republicans as a condition for reopening the debate .

Schumer said that while simultaneously adjusting the budget are holding meetings to revive the comprehensive immigration reform bill.

This week, the head of U.S. security, Janet Napolitano, said the budget sent to Congress for approval has cuts in technology and safety improvements in the southwest and northern border and aviation security, including funds to maintain the progress that has been done to date to enforce immigration laws.

But Representative Francisco Canseco (R-Texas) said the changes provided by the DHS do not solve the security problem that exists on the border with Mexico. "I have not seen anything like this," he said.

Despite Canseco's position, which reflects the position of the Republican position in both houses of Congress to oppose the immigration debate until the government ensures security at borders, Schumer said the talks are ongoing, but admitted that " will be difficult "to develop a final project.

Seeking Feedback

Both Schumer and Graham want to first secure the unconditional support of several Republican lawmakers before launching into a new battle, "said Univision news.

To pass immigration reform is needed 60 votes in the Senate and 218 in the House of Representatives. Democrats control the Senate with 54 votes, but Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives.

Katherine Vargas, spokeswoman for the National Immigration Forum, said: "In the past two years we have heard conversations (on the topic of immigration reform), but we have not seen anything concrete. I think it is time that this legislation happen."

Predicted Canseco did not think the Schumer-led initiative has a favorable outcome.

The previous effort

Graham and Schumer worked together a draft immigration reform between June 2009 and March 2010, until he left the Republican effort to join his party's national strategy in order to regain power in Congress.

The plan drafted and only grew into a draft, had the support of the White House and dozens of national groups that defend the rights of immigrants in the United States, as well as churches, trade unions, traders and farmers.

The proposed project:

1. Strengthen border security;
2. Implement one-way "hard but fair" legalization for undocumented
3. Biometric Social Security cards to prevent illegal workers to obtain jobs and
4. The establishment of an admissions process for temporary workers.

Further details of the plan

According to the Graham-Schumer draft (which was never debated in Congress), citizens and legal immigrants who would work in the United States require a Social Security card tamper-proof, high technology, which contain data biometric of the wearer.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) considered this as an intrusion into the privacy of American citizens.

Other organizations have stated that the new worker identification card suggested by Graham and Schumer was similar to the Real ID passed by Congress in April 2005 and whose validity has been suspended temporarily due to lack of consensus among state governments.

Employers should check those cards before hiring anyone, according to the draft.

Additional Benefits

Graham-Schumer The draft also recommended creating a system to support workers with less training and allow their return to their countries after a while.

Workers who have been successful in their work, and have contributed to their communities over the years, could also enter a residence permit.

The 11.2 million illegal immigrants estimated to reside in U.S. territory will also have a path to legalization, indicating the bipartisan bill.

"They would have to admit that they violated the law and pay their debt to society by fulfilling community service and pay a fine and back taxes," he said.

Complete signing

The beneficiaries of the path to legalization, according to the draft, should be subject to an investigation into his background and English proficiency before they can be put to the queue of immigrants waiting for their turn to get permanent residency.

According to Graham and Schumer, "The American people deserve more than empty rhetoric and appeals impractical to mass deportation."

"We urge the public and our colleagues to join our bipartisan efforts to implement these reforms," the two senators concluded before the outbreak of the alliance in late March last year.

Leaders of national organizations that advocate immigration reform reiterated that the legalization of the 11.2 million undocumented "weighed" in the outcome of the presidential election the first Tuesday in November 2012, when Americans go to the to elect the U.S. President 45 together.

Unfulfilled promises

In 2008, of the 10.2 million Hispanic voters who participated in the contest favored Obama 6.7 million, giving it the necessary margin of votes to prevail on the then Republican nominee, Senator John McCain (Arizona).

Obama responded with the promise of immigration reform during the first year in office, but failed to reach a bipartisan agreement even though his party had a majority in both houses of Congress.

At half time the elections last November, Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and grabbed four seats in the Senate, a scenario that becomes more difficult to approve immigration reform that includes a path to legalization for million illegal immigrants living in the country.

The increase border security is a load of bull. The Obama administration cracks down on illegal immigrants harder than any other prior administration. There are freakin ~1500 National Guard troops with a bloated budget that guards the border. While ICE deports several thousands immigrants (both legal and illegal) per year. How much more do they want? Do they want to build some castle wall that will magically keep people from coming to America? Maybe they want a piece of the military's 600 billion dollar budget?

They should start reforming the immigrant system already, after all it's been delayed for over ten years. Considering what immigrants had traditionally faced in this country, I'm not too surprised at what's occurring. But it still gets me pretty pissed at the games they're playing with people's lives. Just seems most politicians are delaying the issue as long as they can but I'm really hoping something gets done by this year. I can sort of already see a legislation coming through that won't fix the problem but just enough to appease the people. Mainly keeping the poor who can't afford to "pay their debts back to society and pay a fine and back taxes" in the shadows. Even when these people haven't been even getting minimum wage and are literally living through paycheck to paycheck. But I guess something is better than nothing?

this is an endless game. we are the victims.

What there saying is there has to be all these large hurdles meet before they give a little. Border this border that why doesn't Obama just sent the Marines down there for the next two years. People will think its safe and they will vote for immigration bill.

Hot Potato

My thoughts exactly..fuck it and just live like its not going to happen and you'll be much happier

Exactly. Don't expect DA to pass so you can plan your future accordingly. I will try to marry a citizen in four to five years (if I am not deported by then).

What...what...w....h...a...t! What the heck?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!